piorno
Galician
piornos
piornos
Etymology
Obscure. Perhaps from Latin vīburnum under the influence of pinus (“pine tree”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈoɾno̝/
Noun
piorno m (plural piornos)
- name applied to a number of broom species, most notably those distributed in mountainous, colder, or dryer areas, among them:
- Adenocarpus complicatus
- Synonym: codeso
- white broom (Cytisus multiflorus)
- Synonym: xesta branca
- Adenocarpus complicatus
- kind of hórreo
Related terms
- piornal
- Piornal
- Piornedo
- Piornos
References
- “piorn” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “piorno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “piorno” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “piorno” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “piorno”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpjoɾno/ [ˈpjoɾ.no]
- Rhymes: -oɾno
- Syllabification: pior‧no
Noun
piorno m (plural piornos)
- broom (the plant, not the sweepy thing)
Further reading
- “piorno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014